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Italian Companies Form Coalition To Support NatRef Uptake
The Coalition for Green Heating and Cooling sees room for improvements in the revision of the EU F-gas regulation.
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EU Advisory Body Calls for 2030 Ban of GWPs Over Five for Heat Pumps, Room ACs, Chillers and Refrigeration
The EESC Committee is also in favor of setting a 150 GWP cap across all technologies and promoting incentives schemes and public procurement for f-gas-free alternatives.
Scientific Body Urges U.K. to ‘Match or Exceed’ EU F-gas Regulation
The UK Climate Change Committee urged the government to increase the ambition of HFC consumption reduction targets, publish targets and plans on heat pumps that do not use f-gases, reduce inhaler emissions and support stronger international action on reducing emissions.
European Parliament Names Members to Work on the EU F-gas Regulation
*This article has been updated on August 1. Party groups in the European Parliament have appointed Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) who will follow the development of the proposed EU F-gas Regulation in the coming months. Bas Eickhout, a Dutch representative from the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance (EFA), will be the rapporteur…
ATMO America: Scientist Urges U.S. EPA to Broaden Definition of PFAS to Include F-Gases, TFA
The EPA’s definition is at odds with one used by the OECD that is widely accepted and includes certain HFCs and HFOs, and TFA.
ATMO America: Refrigerant Carbon Credits Plan Aims at Cutting Cost of NatRef Transition
Similar to utility rebates, refrigerant-carbon-credits program rewards owners of refrigeration systems for replacing HFCs with natural refrigerants like CO2.
U.S. Senate Introduces Two Bills Supporting Transition to Heat Pumps
The HEATR Act and the ICEE HOT Act would provide incentives for manufacturers of heat pumps; refrigerants are not mentioned.
New York State Seeks Feedback for Updating its HFCs Rule and NatRef Goals
The state is considering expanding its HFC regulation and funding demonstration projects to support natural refrigerants in low income areas.
Action on Short-Lived Climate Pollutants Like HFCs ‘Essential’ to Limit Global Warming
Decisive action on short-lived climate pollutants such as HFCs is found essential to limit global warming in the next 25 years, with only decarbonization policies yielding results in the long run and overshooting targets in the near term.
Leaf Samples Found to Have Increasing Amounts of HFO Degradation Product TFA Over Time
German study discovered a two-to-five-fold TFA increase between 1995 and 2018.